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take on waterTo slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.Rate it:

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tantundem viae estthe road is the same length.Rate it:

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tempus maximum est, utit is high time that...Rate it:

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the holy of holiesThe most private room in the house. "This is my husband's holy of holies where he can work without being disturbed." The Holy of Holies was the name given to the innermost apartment of the Jewish Temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. Only the high priest could enter this room on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).Rate it:

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the qualityThe upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.Rate it:

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the road to hell is paved with good intentionswell-intended acts can lead to disasterRate it:

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the rubber hits the roadAlternative form of the rubber meets the roadRate it:

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the rubber meets the roadUsed other than as an idiom: see rubber, meet, road.Rate it:

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the rubber meets the roadA place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.Rate it:

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to beat the bandVery vigorously; at a frantic pace; to a high degree; in large quantities.Rate it:

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too good for this worldOut of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.Rate it:

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top dollarThe maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.Rate it:

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top shelfBest, or high quality.Rate it:

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tower blockhigh-rise buildingRate it:

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trickle downTo pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked peopleRate it:

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try to top that one!When one excels often and in a high degree, there is naturally a strong feeling of achievement. The proud winner may chide and challenge his associates and peers.Rate it:

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turn offTo leave a road; exit.Rate it:

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turn onTo enter a road.Rate it:

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turn outTo leave a road.Rate it:

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turn-offA road where one turns off like a motorway exit.Rate it:

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under constructionA building or road may be being built or repaired and labeled as “under construction”Rate it:

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underwater basket weavingAn easy and useless college or high school class.Rate it:

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up one's own asshaving an excessively high opinion of oneself.Rate it:

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up topWhen someone says "up top" to you they are asking you to give them a high five--to tapthe palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "high five" or "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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Upper CrustUpper class, high level of society, highest social positionRate it:

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via fert, ducit aliquoa road leads somewhere.Rate it:

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via strataa street, a made road.Rate it:

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viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)to enter upon a route; to take a road.Rate it:

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viam intercludereto obstruct a road; to close a route.Rate it:

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viam munireto make a road.Rate it:

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viam sternere (silice, saxo)to pave a road.Rate it:

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villa tangit viamthe country-house stands near the road.Rate it:

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vous faites fausse routeYou are taking the wrong road; You are on the wrong track.Rate it:

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vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocrisa deep, high, thin, moderate voice.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.Rate it:

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well metGreeted by a person of high respect or social status.Rate it:

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White Lightnin,Illegally Brewed, High-Percentage/Grain Alcohol Spirits, Whiskey, Moonshine Liquor, Surrepticously Distributed by 'BootleggersRate it:

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winter ratAn old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.Rate it:

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with one's head held highproudly, with prideRate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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yellow lineroad markingRate it:

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your chariot awaitsA vehicle, asserted to be luxurious or of high quality, is waiting to transport the person to whom the phrase is said.Rate it:

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институт благородных девицcorresponding to the high society, elitist; developedRate it:

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у меня высокое давлениеI have high blood pressureRate it:

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